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Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19
GALYEsFON's MISSING TREASURER
Not Much Stock Taken in His Pathetic
letter..

Not Much stock Taken in His Pathetic
letter..
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Aug. 1G.-Thera
were no new Developments relative 10
defaulting Treasurer Burk. 1t is gen
orally believed that his present retreat is
San Francisco, where ne is awaiting tie
action of The authorities here on his let
ter to Kuhen. He suggested that County
Judge Austin telegraph q ticket for bis
return, or send deputy sheriff after him.
Judge Austin so far has not acted on
either suggestion, Snd i is not known
Whet action the authorities VII. take. II
/ is now known tDst burE mas written let
tiers to other parties here, announcing his
intention to return en- sccept whatever
punishment may lie neteC out 10
him. An Effort l. ba.nc made
to create the Impression that Bura
was partially der9DgeG when Le e sud
denly LETT here W.T. cash, tends. etc, be
longing to Galveston county, amOuDtir Q
/ to SIS, 600. The large majority however
believe there was method in his madness,
and that his pathetic letters were written
to create sympathy sEd p1ye the way fol
his return and exemption from punish
ment upon his arrival for misdeeds. The
promised school bonds, amounting tC
$4,000, have not yet been received by
the proper cfiici3Is ard until they are
doubt will exist as to the sincerity OF MI
/ Rurk's profession.
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DAYS OF PRAYER.

The Christian Women of the World to
Pray for tho Temperance. Cause.
CHICAGO, ILL, Aug. 16.-The president
OF the Worlds Women's Christian Ten
perance Union, Mrs. N. Bright Lucas Of
London, and Miss Francis E. Willard,
vice-president for the United States, ard
Mrs. Hann6l WhitaN Smith OF Faile-
delphis, secretary, have sent out call 10
the Christian women in every land Of
every denomination who are interested in
temperance reform 10 observe the 18Th
ard -. n OF November mex. ss days o.
sprsyer for the success of ths WOGk in
Mich they ere ergsgea.
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AN AWFUL MEAL.
= Small ChnIs Feeds on Anothcr-Dfiven
by Hunger the Little One Becomes
a CannIbnI

MEXICO, Mo Aug. liam Branstel-
Ter, colored, LETT her house in this city
yesterday morning, leaving her two chill
dren, aged ten months and five years, in
charge Of Ann Carson, also colored, and
as the mother was not 10 return until Q
O'Clock at night the Carson woman con
cluded to go to the fair and locked the
children in en- SXl0 room. When she re
turned the older child was almost sufo-
Gated, the room being lily ventilated, and
the younger was in the throes of death.
A portion Of the flesh of its breast and
stomach had been eaten away by the older
child, who was almost starved.
Both women are under arrest, as the
younger child will die.
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SENATOR EIDGLRERGER Il JAZZ

: Lifted states States Senator Arrested Il
Contempt. "a
WooDsTCK, VA, Aug. l3.-StSe Ap-
ator Riddleberger was yesterday koRz
mitted to jail and fined s25.A Judge
Newman for contempt. A placsEh was
paraied on the street rejecting On the
Judge in case in which Riddlesefger
was interested. Partisan feeling rals
high and there Lay be trouble later.
CAUSE OF THE ARREST.
WINCHESTER, VA, Aug. 1G,-The cir.
cumstances leading Up TO the arrest OF
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1ns. DsA.A Al, Et<N.u ~. - =, III
They Robbed.
EN1syuLE, KY, Aqg. y. = Adolpl
YLMnsn, aged twenty, who lives near
We, Point, KY, was returning home
lass.night, and when crossing g long
raiIrasd bridge was attacked by three
trsnnpx who beet him into insensibility,
ransaNked his pockets, taking 81 in
moneyM,a knife, watcl and finger
ring, $50. 4concluded the dastardly
proceedln gs3by tying their victim across
the rails. His hands and feet were Sc
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k Big BANK STEAL.
Richard Seaman Scott who Absorbed
With 100000 Belonging to the
Manhattan Bank Heard From.
He Tells How he Was Induced to Take
the Money-His First steal Lost
IN Wall Street Speculation
John %. Dan, Relative of scott's Wife,
The Real Crimina!-SHit IS Instituted
Against Him by the Bank.
A DEFAULTER HEARD FROM

New YORK, Aug. IS Richard Seaman
Scot. who aosconded with 100000 ;hat
belonged 10 the Manhattan bank of which
he had been al employe and about whose
disappearance cid whereabouts there was
such profound mystery, has inside con-
iess;on before Consul General Waller at
London. For & time there were ali msn-
ner CT rumors about his location, but the
story atlsst was dropped. The people
who were directly interested in the case
We're more active and have long since
known OF his movements. a suit hiss
just been instituted in the Supreme Court
that oisclOsed Scots action ard the fact
that he was
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Ron,t a.k. B1ead.

r: -7eFa', Fao6's c4rssrsr: Ia
-, = iC.i.--e-
go ~. ..---- ~ "a. ....--, >-1.-.-.
proofs from s5uIcss.ef urQIestoned re-
liability, and ak yH frankly if you aye
sufsrL.g from seETeiises5s CT sEectiCn
caused or p7os.syted b impure blood or
low state otFse sysp, 70 try Hoods
Sarsa DaIiliaF The expsxieEce Ct others
is sufficient assurance hat you vii not
De disappointed ia the resufs
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1spea,h pxanae.sa
SHAVING FISHERMEN.
a Sad State of Affairs up in Labrsdor-
Arsistance Needed.

NV YORK, Aug. ia resident Of
Le1r1dor writing 70 the Herald August
Y says: az would be criminal for any
government to endesyor to hide from the
outside world the condition Of the people
here. If arctic winter closes in aud ice
barrier shut of for eight months al con-
municstion with the outside world before
assistance comes starvation and death
are inevitable. l fesr we shall hear re-
peated the story of the Greedy expedi-
tion." e. -
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packages, one of $4,000 aud the other
of $4,000. He went 10 Cen
tral Park and met Dun there.
They walked to G secluded spot and
Scott pulled out $40, 000an said :"There
is the money"
/ Dun looked around, saw that re was
unobserved and pu. i in his pocket.
Scott said: "Dup, l SHALL have to
leave tonight"
I They shook hands and parted. Scott
went to the Grand Union hotel, as
sumed bis disguise and took
late train for Montreal.
| lie arrived the next morning. lie did
not stop in Canada long. He correspon-
ded with Dun under various aliases.
/ Dun's letters consist principally OF news
I paper'clippings Of the detalcation ard he
( also
SENT SCOTT MONEY.
Scott took passage for Europe in Sep,
TENDER, 1850. lie has been in
London since. His wife joined
him in Msy, 1886 Before she
started she handed to ". d. S9arles $1,000,
saying she thought her husband owed him
that sum. He deposited it il his own
name When in connection with this
/ suit he N2s asked TO explain whV he
kept it, he sad he had rot drawn
it, susJecting it nigh! belong 10
Lhe Manhattan Bank. In June he
handed It to the b3rh'5 counsel.
Scott corresponded With Dun and Mrs.
Jennie A. Searles, MS sister n-law, from
London. He received money amounting
to 5000. II 1856 an attempt al compro-
mise was made by Scott, various schemes
being on foot In December, 1856, he
asked the bank to give him
A GENERAL RELEASE
for SO 600, It is said that the bank
accepted this ofer. He wrote
Dun telling him to get
ready TO pap that sum. Dun replied n
January, 1887, thai he hsd lost the money.
I Then came the crisis, and these proceed
ipgs were investigated. QDlrhad written
that be had been unfortunate in spacul2-
tons. lie slii tue. one time be had been
long on one million bushels Of whcst, but
the market h3d kept going CT Until NJ
had lost ell. He started on Stocks, but
/ with the same result. II this letLel to
/ Scott be said: Probably ab0ul the time
this letter reaches YOU I shall have com
mittej suicide" n smother lie said ne
had decided % stay his hand ana await
ais fate. Mrs. Scott started Tor Naw
. York al once. Sac and her sister, MJs.
Sa0glGs,
HAD NUMEROUS INTERVIEWS
with Dun, but the money was not
forthcoming. he told pelitent
story, but was.not believed. He showed
Mrs. Scott accounts current with brok-
ers. He showed them to Mrs. Seerles,
but neither could understand them. Mrs.
Searles asked 10 be permitted TO show
them to her husband. Dun was not
averse to this, but never gave them to
her or allowed Mr.. Searles to see
them Dun wrote letter in 81
to- Mrs. Searles. II was story of re-
peptsnCe, and he denied any attempt to
steal. When DIM was srrested he stood at
the ticker in his Office. He vas calm and
reserved. He was taken before Sheriff
Grant and told th8t he would have 10 get
bail in the sum Of SO, 600. In default Of
bail ne was taken to Jail. Dun is
thirty-ssven and Scott fortytwo year:
old. Mr.. Slarles states in an affidavit
that when Scott called upon him fol
money he had no suspicion that every
thing was not right.
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At Bad Axe, Mich, the other day,
hawk sailed over a base bau field He
WAS struck 10y ball and instantly Killed
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NOT ALONE

in this matter. The suit is
against John r. Dun, SCOTS col
league, for the recovery Of $l40,-
0C0 Documents included in this case
embrace an affidavit by the detauter
which is statement of his story of the
case, but il is in truth confession of his
theft. Scott, according 70 the complaint,
was for twerty-tour years trusted en-
plOYe OF the Manhattan Bank to Ju2e l.,
1855. In the latter part Of his service he
vas paying teller Of the bank, which is
located at NJ. 40 Wall street Most OF
the time he had in his custody daily over
$1,000 coo GA Jane l, 1885, he abscond-
ed with $lG0 600, which he never re
turned. The public has Deyer heard from
him since then until to-daY when this suit
was made known. He is now in London,
where he mas been since September, 1855.
II IS now shown that john r Dan is
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Es.e 5ttG;clsl k:ieEps.

hw many to-dss atEsute gasir
healthy condition to t8 use q MagaEe' 5
CurAar@ gdS. When Aey tN any As-
.ranSnN Ct otHhe liyerrk idEeis. hfoodz er
stonac6s or sssasssf tendency % disease
Of any form, they resort to Cundurango,
snd in it ind & faithful medical friend.
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TOO SMART 70 REC,1-GHT


He advised Scott to get al
old suit of clothing, shave eff
his whis ers, travel second class
disguised as much IS possible, and do as
little talking SIS possible he advised
Scott not TO write TO either himself or
friends IN New York in the common way,
because detectives often caught people
bg watch ne their correspondence. de
also advised him to address him as "Will-
iam Culverson. box No 1901. New York
postofice." All letters to friends
were to be addressed ana placed in en-
velopes bearing the above addresses
When Scott went TO the bank the next
day he took S5C0,000 in gold and silver
/ certificates and placed them in package
which he
CONCEALED ABOUT BIS PERSON.
He met Dun at Central Park
ard had q talk. Dan asked
If he had any friends he could lesve the
money with, telling him that under The
trea'irs If he toe any stolen money into
Canada he could be extradl'ed. Scott
said he hsd none. "Tner," said Dun, Il
( feel so warm regard for Cousin LIZZIE
! lScott's wife that l would do faf
wlst would do for no other person. taka
charge of the package, the conteNs ~
which | do not know aud take Gaze Ait
subject to your orders at all tirns Ae
explained that If he took the money
knowing it to belong to the bank it would
make him liable for felony. THIS was
Friday. They agreed TO meet Monday.
Scott replaced the $500, coo in the bank,
determining 10 lnskr an effort
TO BORROW MONEY
to make Up $4,000. He called
on ". d. Series, vIce-presidea'
OF the Farmers L0en AID Iru>r Company,
WHO i his bro.ber-in-lSw, on Ire fellow.
iag h4v. S-srjeS wtSid >oIr5 tod bin
he needed eI0, Geo, BAT did not say al
whist purpose. Searles was unable &c
mske the losn. That same day, after
Scott had left, Searles wrote him letter
telling him If he was in trouble
in the bank he had better see
Auchincloss, one of the directors
Scott did not take this advice because
the letter did not arrive until after he
had left the country. Finding it impos-
sible to ge. the necessary money before
going to the bank on Monday,
HE GOT DISGUISE.
He took $4,000. He put it in two
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''NNIGsNT DISCUSSION OF ALI
CURRENT TOPICS.

= nEEhLY GAZETTR will be made :
h.. : complete newspaper for all who
- line or inclination to pore over
h. - o. taily, sud the constant ain
a., ,'>--Te viii be to add every new
''<s Ia. Increases the
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19
OVER A MILLIOE DOLLARS

il his charge. d IN said: "AIy advice 10
YOU IS 20 take one million dollars. /. will
70. ne enough to cripple the bank
and VIII enable you to go to Canada. If
you take g small amount people will
Isugl Z. you" Then Dun askeG aim j;
he had altered the books, saying il he had
done so ne could be held for forgery and
extrsdited from Canals Scott sad he
nae not done so. Dun said be would look
the q1esu 10 and let him know the
following evening Sect met him ty
appointment. Dan to,d him that tle
decision il the BOOKS w2s IN conformity
WIKI hi advice. Qua told niLl be had
experience in the Office of Judge Fuller
ton and he need have no fear, as he
Dun was
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Logan, Evans Shlsa are headquarters
for everything in thsksp. or shoe line.
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TO STEAL THE MONEY,

The principal foundation for the suit
IS in a1lldsyits by relatives of the
embezzer. 1t is voluminous and
Is drawn up in the presence OF, and
acknowledged by United States Consul
Waller at London on June Il In il
Scott states that at various times prior
to June !, 'S5, he extracted sums OF
money from the safe which aggregated
$1,000 This he lost in speculation or
the street. About this time there was q
change in the administration Of the bank.
D. c. Hays, who had been treasurer of
the Stock Exchange succeeded William
Smith es president of the bank. Scott
feared this change might cause an inves-
tigation of the affairs. John r. Dun, g
cousin Of Scott's wife, vas practicing
law then, and Scott hastened to him for
advice. Dun asked him how much money
was within his Teach. Scott replied that
there was
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nan scott and was partly lae
cause of tas latter forgetting his
duly. One #onday Stone Meyers, IS
counsel foffhe bank, obtained 81 order
from s1ssafe Donohue for the arrest OF
Ian II the suit against him. At O'Clock
in the afternoon Of that Gay Dun was az
rested o. Chicers OF the sheriff at his
stock brokerage Clil;e No. IS New street.
Dun tor years was practiciDg Law in this
CITY, and at one time mad desk in the
Cll3s T tle eX-Jadge Fulltr. IL tse
LIST few years ne has been in the broker
age Us ness. In the complaint it IS a.
Is ged That Dan so. the money cut Of
Scott; that he was the guilty party, abd
thar he controlled ana governed scott and
Induced him
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-08-19

Those unhappy pessnns gho suffer
y I5Sm aes .ousnss ss., andSyspe2a!s shoaM
e'rs " tsss'g sIe' s
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packages, one of $1,000 aud the other
of $4,000. He went to Cen
tral PARK and met Dun there.
They walked to G secluded spot and
Scott pulled out $40, 00Qand said "There
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How They Do it i'm st. Louis.

The toll patrons of the telephone
line in st. Louis do not pay a fixed
subscription to the company, but
merely the sum of 5 cents for each
communication. The collection OF
this sum is effected automatically by
the apparatus itself.
Above the transmitter there is a
box containing a slit in the upper
part. When the subscriber wishes
to communicate with any one he
places a scent piece in the slit, and
takes the receiver from its hook.
The coin, in sliding, closes a circuit,
a call is made at the central Office,
and the subscriber can talk as much
a. he pleases, either with the officer
or another subscriber.
When the conversation is finished,
he has only to hang up the receiver
in order to give an automatic signal
to break the communication, and the
coin falls into box, whose key is
carried by the company's collector.
If the person with whom the sub
scriber wishes to speak is already in
communication, the employee of the
central Office informs him of the fact
by means of a contact upon which he
pr. sses, and which sets mechanism
in operation that drives the coin to
the side of the box and when the
subscriber hangs up the receiver, the
meney is returned to him.
More than two hundred OF these APP
paratuses are now in operation in st.
Louis, and giving very good results
Electric Review.
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Certificate Of Partnership.

WE CERTIFY THAT WE CONSTITUTE
w partnership transacting business in
this State. Its principal place of business IL
Los Angeles, California. Its name is Roth
e. Son. The full names and respective
places OF residence of all its members are
signed hereto. Dated Los Angeles. Cal,
November 9th, 1887. A. B. Roth, residence
Los Angeles, Cal. Jules F. Roth, residence
Los Angeles Cal. tsEAL.I
CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF
y Los Angeles, ss.-On the 9Th day of
November, in the year one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-seven, before me, Sidney
Lacy, Notary Public in and for the said
county of Los Angeles, personally appeared
A. B. Roth aud Jules + Roth, known to be
the persons whose names are subscribed to
and who executed the within instrument,
and they acknowledged to me that they exc
cuted the same. In witness whereof, ihave
hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal, at my office in the said county of Los
Angeles, the day and year in this certificate
first above written.
tsEAL. SIDNEY LACEY, Notary Public
Nov DIT
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LEGAL.
In the SuDeTiur l.QuIl

0F THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. IN
X ana ,or me county Of Los Angeles. G. ID.
Plat, plaintiff, VS.. G. X. Giles, defendant.
State of California, in and for the county Of
Los Angeles, and the complaint fled in
said county Of Los Angeles, in the office OF
the Clerk Of said Superior Court. The peo-
PIE OF the State Of California send greeting
required to appear in an action brought
against you by the above named plaintiff: In
the Superior Court in the State of Calf
fornia, in and for the county Of Los Angeles
within ten days Exclusive of the day OF
service) after the service on you of this sum-
mons, If served within this county; or il
served elsewhere, within thirty days, or
judgment by default will be taken against
you according to the prayer of said COM
plant. The said action is brought to obtain
the Judgment of this Court against you, the
said defendant, In the sum Of $3O64, said
sum being balance due plaintiff herein
from defendant, for services as compensa-
ton for making, conducting and superin-
tending. the sale of a certain stock of goods
placed in the hands of Plat d Berman, by
said G. X. Giles, defendant herein, for prl-
vate sale or at public auction, as to them
might seem best, as will more fully appear
by reference to the complaint herein, with
Interest on said sum of $3064, from March
LIST, 1884, and for cost of suit. Reference is
had to complaint for particulars. And you
are hereby notified that II you fail to appear
and answer the said complaint, as above re-
CURED, the said plaintiff will cause your de-
fault to be entered and will take judgment
against you for $3O64, with interest as afore-
said and for costs of suit.
Given under my hand and the seal of the
Superior Court of the State of Cali
~ fornia, in and for the county of
SEAL Los Angeles, this 26th day of Feb
! ruary, in the year Of Our Lord
Nv one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-seven.
C. II. DUNSMOOR, Clerk.
By A. N. HAMILTON, Deputy.
Howard & Roberts, Attorneys for Plaintiff.
gen3O-(,Ot
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Notice Of Sale Of Raj Estate at
Private Sale,

NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
IN pursuance of an order of the Superior
Court of the county Of Los Angeles, State of
California, made on the 18th day of OcIo-
Der. 1887, in the matter of the guardianship
of the person and e-tate of Irenio Abila. an
incompetent person, the undersigned, the
Guardian of the i'd incompetent person,
will sell at private sale to the highest bid
der, for cash, gold coin of the United States,
a d subject to confirmation by said Superior
November. 1887, at room No. 2, Allen
block, on the corner of Temple and Spring
streets, in the city of Los Angeles, Califor-
mia, where offers and bids therefor will be
received, all the right, title aud interest and
estate of the said lrenio Abila in and to all
that certain lot piece, or parcel of land.
situate, lying and being in the city of Los
Angeles, county of Los Angeles, State of
California, and bounded and described as
follows, to.wit: Commencing at point
hedge distant 6.37% chains from the
sOutheasterly corner of q ~ acre tract of
land formerly or now belonging to Z.
White, said tract Of land formerly belonging
to Y. D. de Abila, and 1S ya IN thence m
point in the south line of the land now or
formerly belonging to M. L. Wicks; thence
along said line south A degrees g minutes,
east 2.5612 chains to a point; thence south
31s4 degrees. west 11.51 chains to a point
60A degrees, west 2.4s15 chains to the place
of beginning.
Terms and conditions of sale, cash. gold
coin of the United States, ten per cent of
the purchase money to be paid on the day
of sale, balance on confirmation of sale by
said Superior Court, deed at expense Of
purchaser. u. +. BkAGG,
tieardian of the person and estate of IreniO
Abila, an Incompetent person.
Dated, Los Angeles, Nov. 2, 1887.
n III
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NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
" pursuance to an order of the Superior
Court of the county of Los Angeles, State of
California, made and entered on the 10th
day of November, 1887, in the matter of the
estate and guardianship of Angelo E. Bene-
dict, minor. the undersigned, Guardian of
the person and estate of said minor, will
sell ut private sale, and subject to confirma-
ton by said Court, to the highest bidder,
on or after Wednesday, November. Both,
1887, all The right title and interest of said
named minor in and to the following de-
scribed land to wit: Beginning at a stake in
the north line of sectiou IA, township 1
south, range Is west, s. B. M, distant 1920
feet from the northeast corner of said section,
running thence south 45O feet to a stake;
thence running west 484 feet to stake;
thence running north 45O feet and thence
484 feet to the point of beginning and con-
tanning about five acres of land: the interest
of the said minor therein being an undivid-
cd one sixth.
Terms and conditions of sale 10 per
cent cash on acceptance of bid, balance on
confirmation of the Superior Court and exc
cution of deed. Bids In writing may be de-
livered to the undersigned or filed in the
office of the Clerk of said Court.
I. K BENEDICT.
Guardian Of the person and estate OF Angelo
e. Benedict, a minor. n12-2w